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past elections

Montana Senate

Max Baucus (D) vs Bob Kelleher (R)

Actual result
D+45.8
Final polls said
D+36.5
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+37.8
Winner
Dem

"Final polls said" averages polls from the last ~3 weeks — the call right before the vote, and how pollsters are rated. The model's prediction is walk-forward (trained only on earlier races).

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1Public Policy PollingD+45.00.8
2VotePredictorD+37.88.0
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+33.012.8
4YouGovD+28.017.8

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2008-11-012734D+45.01
YouGov2008-10-25368D+28.018
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-08700D+33.013